An Inconvenient Truth | Pastor Jim Cymbala | The Brooklyn Tabernacle
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so there is something called inconvenient truths
you know some things are true
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but they're inconvenient
they're not what we want to hear
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they they're like, is that really true?
but it is.
not everything we want to be true is true.
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and some things we'd like to make believe they're not, they are real
and one of them is this
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when you become a Christian you walk with the Lord
you can abide in Christ
you have the body of Christ to encourage you
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you have prayer meetings you can come to
lots of wonderful things
you have the Bible you can read
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Holy Spirit will teach it to you
read it, read it every day please
do I get an amen here from someone?
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please read it every day or my or my life is in vain
because I'm not I'm not supposed to get you into a church
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I'm supposed to get you into Christ and into God's word
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another thing happens when you become a Christian
you get into the biggest fight you can imagine
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with all the talk about the glory of God and all things, it's all true
but as Christians we are in a fight
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and the Bible warns us about this
tells us about this
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why would Jesus teach us to pray
lead us not in
every day lead us not into temptation
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Jesus himself, when he was baptized in the Jordan River,
and the Spirit came upon him immediately
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when he was... went into the desert
and was tempted by Satan for 40 days
and had to confront Satan, not a demon, Satan
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not one of his assistants
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but the CEO of the whole kingdom of darkness
so just look at these verses
you're familiar with them
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I just want to bring out one thought from them
so in Ephesians chapter six
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finally be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength
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put on the full armor of God
so that you can stand
and just keep that up there for a second, please (전광판에 나온 성경구절을 계속 유지하라는 뜻)
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put on the full armor of God
so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil
summing it up
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be strengthened by the Lord
you can't be strengthened by yourself
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I do not have any strength in me to stand against the enemy that is coming against us
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so the first thing is humility to know () you can't do it
notice, be strengthened in the Lord or by the Lord,
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some translations have,
in the Lord, be strong in the Lord
the King James has,
I think the NIV too,
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so be strengthened by the Lord
the Lord has to give us strength
notice what you need in a fight
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you need strength.
no, but I'm sincere...(다른 사람의 말을 흉내냄 ; 아니요, 전 성실한데요...성실하니까 유혹도 없다는 말)
I know but if you're weak you're going to get pulverized
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you have to be strong
weakness gets you nowhere
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you like, going in a boxing match
and you got your gloves on
and you go out in the middle of the ring
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and the other guy is just ready to take your head off
and you go, I don't feel good today
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you think that's going to bother him?
he'll take your head off before you finish that sentence
weakness, you got to remember
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this weakness gets us nothing
we got to be weak in ourselves because we don't have the strength
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but we got to be strong in the strength that God gives
only God can give
and that means it's supernatural
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so every day that we're in this fight
it's either super superatural strength or we're going to take a shot to the body
that's the way it is
no but Jesus is on the throne...
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I know that
don't quote things that have nothing to do with this question
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be strong in the Lord, by the strength he gives, by his vast strength
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not little strength, vast strength
all Supernatural through the spirit
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put on the full armor of God
so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil
notice, he not only has power, he has schemes
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he knows where every one of us is weak
he knows where every one of us is vulnerable
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he knows what sets us off into temper or lust or lying or Pride or hate
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he knows everything about us
and he's a master
he's been doing this for thousands of years
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you're not as smart as him
you don't have a chance
he has schemes
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the only way we can overcome them is through the power that God gives us (them = schemes)
be strong in the Lord
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and now just this other verse
and then I'm done
for our struggle, our struggle I thought I was marching to Zion
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yeah we are
I thought we're we're, we're in the praise band (모여서 찬양하는 소모임)
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yeah, we are
we're also in a struggle
how many since you' become a Christian,
you know, we're in a struggle
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come on, wave your hand at me
be honest, be honest
if you're real you know you're in a struggle
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Temptations, discouragements, distractions, pain, hurt, attacks
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our struggle is not against flesh and blood (flesh and blood = 육체/사람)
that would be easier if we had to fight with just some people
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Flesh and Blood, politicians, police officers, teachers
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no, but our struggle is not against that
this is why a lot of people are not even aware
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some sitting here, you don't even know why things are happening in your life
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and God wants you to wake up now and see the struggles that we're in
he has schemes, and he has power (he = Satan)
against the rulers against the authorities
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against the cosmic powers of this Darkness against evil spiritual forces in the heavens
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why would he give all those words
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notice what Paul is saying
it's not just against the devil, not against flesh and blood
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if you're fighting against the Democrats 민주당 or the Republicans 공화당, you are wasting your time
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that is not who our struggle is against
but it's against rulers
in other words under Satan there are rulers, plural
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there's delegation of power,
(our struggle is) against the authorities, authorities
against the cosmic powers of this Darkness
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against evil spiritual forces in the heavens or in the Heavenly Realms
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so that's where we're up against
so when you're tempted to do something,
when someone says, throw in the towel
(throw in the towel 포기하라)
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when a suggestion comes to you, why I go to church?
and there's just a bunch of clicks and people don't like me
don't you get it, you're being played
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that doesn't come from God
Satan has access to our minds
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and can tempt us
that's what temptation is
it comes to you strong or else it's not a temptation
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but you didn't just think of that
nobody put that in your head
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but some evil spirit that wants to bring us all into condemnation
he wants us to fail
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lose our witness for Christ
fall into condemnation
get discouraged and quit
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just like God has a will for my life, Satan has a will for my life
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and that's the struggle that we're all in
no, what I don't want to be in things like that
guess what you can't get out
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we're in a fight
come on, do I get a witness? 목격자/간증자 있나요?
put your hands together (박수로 화답하시요)
we're in a fight
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so when you feel the fierceness of the fight, please, brothers and sisters,
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don't throw your hands
and go, what's going on
I thought I had the victory
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you have the victory through Christ but it's a fight
when we get to heaven, no more fight... then it's over
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but until then, it's fight, fight, every day, just a fight
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this is An Inconvenient Truth
because you know we're in a country, mental positivism, I'm okay ,you're okay
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everybody just wants to shout slogans 구호를 외치기를 원하지만
and not confront other inconvenient truths 불편한 진실을 직면하기는 싫어한다
God is on the throne!
Jesus has all power!
we're the children of God!
(신자들이 외치는 구호들)
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but we're also in a fight
or else throw out the Bible (그게 아니라면 성경을 내던져라)
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so we're in a fight against evil, spiritual force in heaven
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for this reason, because we're in a fight and the enemy is way too big
take up the full arm of God
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so that you may be able to resist in the evil day
well, the evil day, they disagree the commentators
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does it mean the last days?
or does it mean in everyone's life?
you go through certain Seasons that are really an assault on you
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the evil day, they don't,
there's not an agreement among the scholars about what that means
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be able to resist in the evil day and having prepared and having prepared
everything to take your stand
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putting on the full armor of God
so that having done everything you can stand
when you're pushed, you push back and you stand
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notice, the connotation here is not aggressiveness like what we were praying for
we're going on Sunday
and we're going out this week under Pastor Bergos
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and we're gathering in people, God willing,
so that we we can assault Satan's kingdom
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but the this is not the teaching here
the teaching here is you got to be strong to stand
the days are going to get more and more wicked
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do you have the juice?
do you have the strength to stand?
(Juice'는 기본적으로 주스 음료'를 뜻하지만, 슬랭으로는 '힘, 권력, 매력, 자신감, 열정, 에너지' 등 비유적인 의미)
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because there's pushing and shoving going on, attacks
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invisible and he disguises most of them,
so some of you don't even know you're being attacked by Satan
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you think it's an accident
where did I get that thought from?
why did that happen?
why am I so discouraged today?
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well, what do you think?
Satan wants you encouraged?
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he want you discouraged
but we don't read it
we don't discern it
and we don't realize the battle we're in with invisible forces
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and uh the thing here is to stand
resist the enemy and stand
stand at your post
do what God told you to do
you can play gy
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do what God told you to do
serve the Lord
keep growing
keep working for Jesus
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keep living for the Lord
keep raising your children
keep helping people
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don't give up
keep standing
having done everything you got to stand
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we have to stand
but go back to the first verse, verse 10
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for this reason, finally be strengthened by the Lord and his vast strength
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be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, i.e., Holy Spirit
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the Holy Spirit grants spiritual invisible power that you and I can't even define
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we don't know how it works
we just know it works
be strong in the Lord and the power of His might
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it's not muscle power
it's not electrical power
it's not wind power
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it's not atomic energy
it is Holy Spirit power, working in us, overflowing in us,
so that when the enemy comes and he be coming, he's coming
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no, he's not
I bind him so he'll never tempt me again
wake up
Jesus was tempted
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do you think Satan's are scared of you and me?
I really feel this burden here like some of you
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don't you get it?
you're being played
when Satan comes to attack us, he doesn't say, 'hello, this is Lucifer,
I'm coming for you'
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no, he comes as an angel of light (광명의 천사)
he tries to deceive you, discourage you
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he uses other people just like God uses people
Satan uses people
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you got to be able to discern
wait a minute, this is not of God,
who are you?
adios (잘가라), I'm leaving
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but you got to have power to stand
when you arm wrestle 팔씨름 someone, there's only one thing that matters ;
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there is leverage and there's some skill to that
but it's whose bicep is stronger, that's all
no, but, Bobby, he had a hard 고생스러운 childhood
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and don't matter he's in an arm wrestle
it doesn't matter how he grew up
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it's power or you'll get put down
that's how it is here
totally I'm being blunt with you
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I'm being straight with you
this is taught from all of the scripture
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what was that word that the Lord spoke to Cain way back then
be careful Cain, the devil is crouching at the door
back then, in Genesis
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that's why the Bible says in Ephesians
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same book verse before, uh chapter before
be filled with the Holy Spirit
you can be a Christian and be weak and then you get in trouble
come on, am I preaching truth here?
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or am I making up stuff?
no, but I've been going to church for 30 years (다른 사람의 말을 흉내냄)
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I used to be in St Lucia or I was in Trinidad and I was in Poland
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when I was in Puerto Rico,
the Satan is not impressed with your credentials
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he's just waiting for a moment of weakness, attack
that's why the Bible says keep praying for one another
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every day encourage each other
am I right?
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come on, let's say, 'Amen' to that
encourage each other
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you don't know the battles anyone's going through
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no one knows the battles, the Warfare
but we're all going through it
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when I was young I was so naive
I thought like a pastor or a minister or a veteran Christian
they just woke up in the morning, praising God
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they didn't even put their clothes on
an angel came and just put their clothes on for them
and they just walked and never had a problem
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I was so young, so naive,
in fact you know what you learn as you read biographies and study the lives of great Christians
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the greater God uses, the more the devil attacks you
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the more you say, 'Lord, I want to be used by you'
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that's like inviting the devil
but it is what it is
what do you want me to tell you?
there's no spiritual warfare out there?
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and the only answer here in this context is power, power
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you have to be a powerful Christian
you have to be filled with the Holy Spirit, i.e., the Holy Spirit controlling you and and granting you power
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Spirit, it's an invisible power
it's the ability to have faith in Christ
he gives you the power to be able to say, 'no, I resist you, Satan'.
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he gives you the power to say, 'no, I want to pray for you'
the power to overcome discouragement
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to be the power, to be able to discern
wait a minute, something's going on here and this is not of God
what's going on here?
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power, that's what we all need Mas for there
we need more power
do we not ?
* ‘más’는 페인어로 ‘more’ 또는 ‘plus’를 의미하는 부사
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how many sense your need of more power from God
just think what's possible with the power
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listen, that's why God chose fishermen and a tax collector and a bunch of
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uh a bunch of people who no one would pick to be leading a religious organization
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why did he pick them?
because they would never depend on anything but the power of God
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and he let them deny him and flee from him and mess up
and now when they were finally broken enough
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he could say, 'now Peter get up and preach'
no, don't let Peter preach
let anyone preach but Peter
no, Peter denied you three times
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he is not qualified
I know he's not qualified
no one's qualified
I make people qualified
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and then I give them the power
come on, let's say, 'Amen'
then they can do it
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and don't think now
don't think somebody else
this is good for someone else
no, this is for you
I don't care how long you serving the lord or how little
we all need to heed Ephesians 5:23
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which is, be filled,
keep on being filled with the Holy Spirit
and I don't care what experience you had
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I don't care if you raised the dead 6 months ago
today's a new day
and Satan's looking, he's just looking, waiting
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what can I get in there
one last thought for in this context
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be angry and sin not
the Bible says somewhere in Ephesians
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don't go to bed when you're still angry
why?
and then he says this, 'don't give a place for Satan'
see, when we get angry...
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she got me so angry
I feel so angry
don't you know who's behind?
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whoever got you angry?
when you're angry you're susceptible to an assault from Satan
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God wants to give us peace, not anger
so we want to resist the devil
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and stand against them
and having done everything, stand
churches are shrinking
pastors are not preaching the gospel anymore
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or not preaching at all anymore
churches have abandoned the gospel
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but I don't care what anyone else does
as for me and our church, we were going to serve the Lord
how many say, 'Amen'?
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and we can only do it by receiving the power of God in our lives
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every eyes closed
if you are hungry for more power from God and you feel the need of it
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get up out of your seat right now
and come to the front
we're going to wait on God
pray to God, ask God
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God, come and fill me with power
I'm in a spiritual battle
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I feel it
it's hard but I'm claiming your power in my life
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God, you told me I can have your power
be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
not my might, not my power, not my resolve
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not my my uh making a promise or a vow
that's going to get you nowhere, nowhere
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we're going to fight
but greater is he that's in us than the one that's in the world
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just come out of your seat even if you fill up this aisle all the way to the back door,
I don't care
Just pray out loud
now, you pray, pray, pray
call on God
God, fill me with the Holy Spirit
Give me the power I need just to stans against the enemy
I've been in fight, God
I'm on your side, you're on my side
now, God, give me the power I need
Give me Holy Spirit's power
call on God
pray from your heart
Be desperate
call on Godfor His power
We're wrestling against spirit,s evil spirits
but we can be strong in the Lord, in the power of His might
Oh, God, give us discernment
Give us power
Give us wisdom
Give us strength, fortitude
increase our faith
God, have mercy on us please
God, help us, fill us with your Spirit over and over and over and over again
help the people to open their hearts to you, Lord
not just their minds
help them now to open their spirits to you, to drink in of the Water of Life, Lord
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lift your hand, lift your hand
lift your voice and lift your hand and pray, pray
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call on God right now with your hand lifted
God, fill me with the Spirit
fill me
I need the power of the Holy Spirit
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Satan is lurking
he's against me because I bear your name
now fill me with your power, Lord
protect me
oh Lord, oh Lord, Spirit of God come
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come Holy Spirit like a mighty River flow through us, depositing power
we need power
you told us to be strong
how can we be strong, Lord
Lord thank you for your presence being with us every
every hour we're going to keep looking to you, Lord
we have no strength to defend ourselves in this spiritual warfare
I can't find anything in there, Lord
my strength comes from you
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keep on filling us over and over and
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over and over again with new flood tides of your holy spirit's power
help us to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
not ours
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bless the offering
the people watching, bless them online
bless the physical offering
bless the taking up of the cards to hand out
just use us this week
in Jesus name we pray
everyone said, 'Amen'
turn around, hug, someone give a handshake